My friend told me today that she rang a parenting helpline, which I will just name as "T" as I am too scared to mention their actual name but I'm sure most of you will know who I mean?

Anyway, the advice she received from them is about her (just) 4 month old baby girl. She rang saying she has been up every 3hrs at night feeding (she breastfeeds) and it's exhausting her and they told her that a baby at this age doesn't need any feeds between 10pm and 6am....... that's 8 hours!!!?!??!! I can't believe she was given that advice. I've told her to ring ABA before but she's not really interested in their advice and trusts these 'parenting experts' hotline I guess.

I gently recommended she take their advice with a grain of salt and still do what she feels is best for her little girl....I recommended increasing her day feeds for a start and letting her cluster feed in the evenings before bedtime......I told her that at that age my little girl still needed (at least) 1 feed overnight.

I am just a bit shocked that these people give out such advice to parents????? What about growth spurts etc?????